Adult Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation Research

Diane Brewer, MA, CCC-A is looking for adults with cochlear implants to study the benefits of post-implantation training.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of training for adults who have received cochlear implants.

The study is assessing two training programs to determine whether they can improve speech understanding and communication in daily life.

Total time required is 8 weekly visits (90 minutes each), scheduled at your convenience. Additionally, there will be two follow-up visits; one at 2-months and one at 6 months following the last training session (also 90 minutes each).

Child Cochlear Implant Research

The aim of research in the Cochlear Implant Communication Lab is to better understand how children with cochlear implants produce and perceive certain speech and voice characteristics and to compare these characteristics to those of hearing children.

To be eligible for the "How Children Hear and Speak" study, you must be

The laboratory uses a range of methods. Some of the studies use methods from experimental psychology, and others use methods from cognitive neuroscience (i.e.. functional magnetic resonance imaging - fMRI, and electroencephalography - EEG).

Volunteers (ages 18 - 45 years, with English as a first and primary language, among their qualifications) are paid for their participation.

For more information and to see if you qualify, contact silvio@gwu.edu.